Post 11 - Leisure and theories of Ageing

A link in understanding ageing. https://books.google.com.ph/books?id=lQv7-xPm_jsC&pg=PA32&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false

Post 10 - Reading on Leisure

Please click on this link. Please print page 01 and pages 9-16 on the meaning of leisure. We will discuss this material next 02 February. Thank

Post 9 - Research work

You are two group with 3 members. You are going to do a research on leisure-life in the following topics, for Team Blue: 1. Filipino in General, 2. Filipino students or young people, 3. Korean in General, 4. Vietnamese, 5. Singaporean, 6. American, 7. Russian, 8. French, 9. Norwegian, 10. Finnish (Finland), 10 Argentine, 11. Lichstenstein, 12. Brazilian. For Team Red: 1. Elderly in General, 2. Chinese, 3. Indonesian, 4. Japanese, 5. Russian, 6. Dutch, 7. Italian, 8. Danish, 9. Swedish, 10. Mexican, 11. Austrian, 12. Australian. You are to do a research on this and report this on a power point presentation plus a video clip harvested from You Tube. Your team will given dates on the said reporting.

Post 8 - Definitions of Leisure

Definitions of Leisure

Post 7 - Sociology of Leisure

Sociology of leisure. Please read this article and note down important points. Just read the introduction. It looks like the link is a commercial one.

Post 6 - Leisure in the middle ages

Holidays and festivals In Medieval Europe (500-1500), the Roman Catholic Church (the Church) had exceptional wealth and power. This enabled the Church to not only exercise power over religious matters, but also over social and political affairs. Considering the influence of the Church, it is of little surprise that festivals in the Middle Ages had religious origins. Despite the influe....

Post 5 - Leisure in the Middle ages

The rhythm of the working day in the Middle Ages varied a great deal in accordance with the seasons. It was the parish bell or that of the neighboring monastery that called the artisan to his workshop and the peasant to his field, and the time to ring the Angelus varied with the length of the natural day. As a rule, people rose and went to bed at the same time as the sun. In winter, therefore, work began at about eight or nine o'clock and finished at five or six. In summer on the other hand, the day began at five in the morning and did not end until seven or eight at night. These are still the regular working hours of peasant families. Please read this article to understand life of leisure in the middle ages.